Petr has remained alone with his daughter Hanička after the death of his wife. He is employed in the iron works and a wicked and harsh neighbour looks after Hanička. The unhappy child notices the dancer Ella. They make friends with one another and Ella often comes to visit Hanička. One day Petr returns from work earlier than usual, for he was just laid off. He catches Ella at his home and he learns from her of his daughter's joyless life. However, he is too preoccupied with his own troubles and he sends Ella away. He looks for work in vain and in the evenings he sits in the bar where Ella dances and sings a song about a little golden bird. During one performance Ella is assaulted by her former boyfriend. Petr is the only one to defend her. After the scandal, however, she is dismissed from her work. Ella must leave and she goes to say goodbye. In the apartment she finds Petr at the bedside of the gravely ill little girl. Ella remains and stays the entire night awake at Hanička's side with Petr. The exhausted Petr falls asleep. He dreams that his child has died. He is wrested from the tortuous dream by the doctor who informs hims that Hanička is recovering. His happiness is capped by the re-opened ironworks. Petr once again has work and Ella becomes Hanička's new mother.
dělník Petr
Hanička, Petrova dceruška
tanečnice Ella
Ellin bývalý milenec
majitel zábavního podniku Zlatá klec
lékař
sousedka
číšnice
jazzový zpěvák
host v baru
host v baru
host v baru
host v baru
dělník
dělník
chodec
topič
Josef Karel Šlejhar
Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics Otto Rádl
Singer E. F. BurianEla Šárková
Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer E. F. Burian
Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics Walter Lustig
Singer Otomar Korbelář
Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics E. F. Burian
Singer E. F. Burian
Song Composer E. F. Burian
Writer of Lyrics E. F. Burian
Singer E. F. Burian
Zlaté ptáče
Zlaté ptáče
The Golden Bird
film
featuretheatrical distribution
melodrama
Czechoslovakia
1932
1932
date of censorship 05/1932
premiere 17 June 1932 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Hvězda /3 týdny/, Praha)
feature film
82 min
2 345 meters
35mm
1:1,19
black & white
sound
Tobis – Klang
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech